Teens and Driving

What is the publication date of the ScienceNews for Students article you just read?

• 2011

• 1984 (how'd they get those cell phones!?)

• 2018

• 1999

What is the leading cause of deaths for U.S. teens?

• Boredom

• Typhoid Fever

• Homework

• Car accidents

New drivers are ______________ times more likely than adults to get into an accident.

• four

• two

• fifty

• eight

The two reasons teens get into more car accidents than adults are...

• slippery roads and low tire pressure

• inexperience and a tendency to get distracted

• inexperience and eating food while driving

• speeding

Distractions, while driving, can be...

• friends that keep talking to the driver

• the car stereo system

• cell phones

• all of these

The more comfortable teens get behind the wheel, the more likely they...

• will follow traffic laws

• will brag to their parents

• will engage in risky behaviors

• will take their car to the car wash

Data shows teens tend to drive most safely when...

• there is a parent or other adult in the car with them

• a law enforcement officer is waiting in the opposing lane

• they first get their learners permit

• their car has automatic transmission

When a driver takes their eyes off the road, he / she...

• puts anyone in or near that vehicle in danger

• has a greater risk of developing seasonal effective disorder

• will most likely need glasses

• will get higher gas mileage

Cell phone apps like Instagram or Snapchat cause drivers to look...

• to the left and the right

• for Pokemon

• down at their phones

• up at their sun roof

According to the article, the average motor vehicle a teen drives weighs about

• 4,000 pounds

• 12,000 pounds

• as much as a horse

• 500 pounds